Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković
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 13th cabinet of Croatia |
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| Date formed | 22 January 2016 |
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| Head of government | Tihomir Orešković |
| Deputy head of government | Tomislav Karamarko Božo Petrov (2016–present) |
| Head of state | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2016–present) |
| Member parties | Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition leader | Zoran Milanović (2016–present) |
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| Election(s) | 2015 election |
| Predecessor | Cabinet of Zoran Milanović |
| Successor | TBD |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković is the government cabinet of Croatia formed on 22 January 2016. It is the 13th cabinet of Croatia, formed following the November 2015 election. The negotiation process leading to its formation is the longest in Croatian history, totaling at a record 76 days.
It is the first Croatian cabinet to be headed by a non-partisan Prime Minister, as well as having the largest number on non-partisan ministers (6). Cabinet members come from two parties: the Croatian Democratic Union and Bridge of Independent Lists.
The Orešković cabinet is also known as Tim's Team.[1]
The first change in the cabinet occurred just 6 days into its term when Minister of Veterans' Affairs Mijo Crnoja resigned on 28 January 2016, due to controversy over his place of residence and several other affairs. He became the shortest serving government minister in Croatian history.[2] After his resignation, Vesna Nađ who had served as Deputy Minister of Veterans' Affairs in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović became interim minister, creating the situation where a member of the opposition centre-left Social Democratic Party held office in a government led by the centre-right.[3] In its first 100 days the cabinet has been marked by constant disagreements and feuds within the ruling Patriotic coalition-MOST coalition. Namely, many of the smaller parties of the Patriotic Coalition have expressed dissatisfaction with the ineffectiveness of the government, as well as the mutual blocking mechanism present between members of the Patriotic Coalition and MOST, as well as the increasing rivalry between the chairmen of these parties: Tomislav Karamarko and Božo Petrov. In this way MOST has been accused of presenting an ″opposition within the government″. The pace of promised reforms has also been stained and slowed by the feud within the ruling coalition, as well as the Prime Minister's seemingly subordinate status and lack of political authority in comparison to Tomislav Karamarko. In addition the government has managed to present only a handful of bills to Parliament, due to an inability to reach the required quota for three weeks, mostly owing to lack of accord between the coalition parties. On 18 May 2016 the opposition SDP initiated no confidence proceedings against Tomislav Karamarko due to his wife allegedly having hired a consultant associated with the Hungarian company MOL ,which gained control of INA, Croatia's national oil company, through an alleged bribery scandal involving former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. MOST leader and Deputy Prime Minister Božo Petrov stated on 26 May that his party would vote for Karamarko's removal from the cabinet, thereby raising the the possibility of early elections or the installment of a new parliamentary majority by the opposition. The vote of confidence in Karamarko is to take place by June 18.
Party breakdown
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
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13
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List of Ministers
Former members
| Minister | Party | Portfolio | Period | Days in office | |
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| Mijo Crnoja | HDZ | Minister of Veterans' Affairs | 22 January 2016 – 28 January 2016[2] | 6 | |
References
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